The arrests collection held by my Department covers persons arrested for recorded crime (notifiable offences), by main offence group (for instance, violence against the person, sexual offences, robbery, burglary, theft and handling stolen goods) and police force area within England and Wales. Information on summary offences is non-notifiable and as a result not covered by the collection.
Available information held on prosecutions and findings of guilt for offences of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs for the years 2000 to 2005 (latest available) is provided in the following tables. 2006 data will be available later this year.
The data provided cover drink and drugs offences combined, as volumes of prosecutions and convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs cannot be accurately established:
Number of offences 2000 2001 2002 Proceedings Findings of guilt Proceedings Findings of guilt Proceedings Findings of guilt Lancashire police force 2,879 2,564 2,570 2,304 2,928 2,599 England 89,329 79,671 89,172 78,684 95,275 84,456
2003 2004 2005 Proceedings Findings of guilt Proceedings Findings of guilt Proceedings Findings of guilt Lancashire police force 3,014 2,652 3,019 2,706 2,995 2,723 England 98,522 87,392 100,048 89,904 96,587 87,482 1 Data provided covers summary offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs (which cannot be reliably distinguished separately). Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken lo ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.